Advanced and Intensive Unit 11
Advanced and Intensive Unit 11
Exercise 2. Find the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.
1. A. Bamboo B. Personal C. Pedal D. Monowheel
2. A. Reappear B. Popular C. powered D. Teleporter
3. A. Inventor B. Invention C. Pilotless D. Imagine
4. A. Gridlocked B. Hyperloop C. Forward D. Exist
5. A. Technological B. Technology C. Imaginative D. Existence
6. A. Disappear B. Commute C. Imagination D. Automatic
7. A. Appear B. Comfortable C. Convenient D. Invent
8. A. Segway B. Scooter C. Innovate D. system
9. A. Model B. powered C. Metro D. Possess
10. A. Bullet B. High-speed C. Appear D. Appear
Exercise 1. Look at these pictures and complete the words with the clues given.
1. B_ _L_ _ T_ _ _N 2. S_ _T_ _ _ 3. S_ _ _T_ _
4. R_ _ _S 5. P_ _ _ _N_ _ _ 6. M_ _ _W_ _ _ _
8. F_M_ 9. C_ _S_
7. I_ _ _ _t_ _
10. B_ _B_ _- C_ _T_ _ 11. S _ _L 12. P_ _ L
Exercise 3. Match the words or phrases on the left with their meaning on the right.
Your answer:
1– 2– 3– 4– 5– 6– 7– 8– 9– 10 –
Exercise 4. Fill in the blanks with suitable words or phrases in the box to complete
the sentences below.
Exercise 5.
Task 1. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in
meaning to the underlined part in each sentence.
1. People can sleep while driving in a driverless car.
A. pilotless B. driven C. electric D. controlled
2. Will we have to worry about causing pollution to the environment?
A. neglect B. distract C. concern D. talk
3. The flight was delayed because of the bad weather.
A. put off B. called off C. continued D. affected
4. My brother taught me how to ride a bike.
A. sail B. pedal C. drive D. fly
5. The skyTran system will help the city reduce traffic congestion.
A. lights B. pollution C. jams D. rush
Task 2. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE
in meaning to the underlined part in each sentence.
1. Riding on a high-speed train is more comfortable than a traditional train.
A. inconvenient B. convenient C. relaxing D. restful
2. A solo-wheel is fun and safe to ride.
A. hard B. simple C. dangerous D. easy
3. Bicycling is an eco-friendly mode of transport.
A. green B. clean
C. environmentally-friendly D. eco-destructive
4. Hoverboards are safe, easy to use, and inexpensive.
A. economical B. unaffordable C. reasonable D. cheap
5. I think travelling by teleporter will become possible soon.
A. achievable B. probable C. potential D. impossible
Exercise 6. Complete the chart with the correct forms of the words.
waste honesty
belief variety
advertisement madness
promise mystery
feeling beauty
advice wealth
description success
invention comfort
government peace
Exercise 7. Match the collocations on the left with their meaning on the right.
A. to move or travel on land in a motor vehicle, especially
1. allow to
as the person controlling the vehicle's movement
2. be able to B. not the same
C. to think about problems or unpleasant things that might
3. different from happen in a way that makes you feel unhappy and
frightened
D. be able to have the necessary physical strength,
4. drive away mental power, skill, time, money, or opportunity to do
something
E. to make a choice, especially of one thing or possibility
5. glide along
instead of others
F. to give permission for someone to do something or to
6. opt for
not prevent something from happening
7. put on G. to cause a particular situation to happen
H. If an event runs on, it continues for longer than
8. result in
expected
I. to make a device operate, or to cause a device to play
9. run on
something, such as a CD or DVD, by pressing a switch
J. to move easily without stopping and without effort or
10. worry about
noise
Your answer:
1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9- 10-
Exercise 9. These pairs of words are easily confused. Choose the best word for each
sentence.
1. Travelling by bamboo copter is (simple/pimple).
2. I (new/knew) that she would come late as usual.
3. Travelling by hyperloop will (be/bee) faster than by airplane.
4. He was chosen to (lead/led) his group in this project.
5. Will (bullet/puppet) trains pollute the environment?
6. The cart before the horse is (neither/either) beautiful nor useful.
7. Making (something/anything) yourself is also more eco-friendly.
8. The car rocked slightly with a gust of (wind/windy).
9. SkyTran is a personal (rapid/rabbit) transit system concept.
10. Technology has made (us/we) ever more productive.
Exercise 1. Put the verbs into the correct future simple tense.
1. Where (the students / meet) _______________________ tomorrow?
2. ______________________ (your parents / buy) a new car in the next two weeks?
3. It’s cold outside. I think I (wear) _____________________ a warm jacket today.
4. My friends (not play) _______________________ chess with me tomorrow.
5. In the future, humans (not do) _______________________ the housework.
6. I don’t think my sister (be) ________________ late for school.
7. My daughter (be) _______________________ sixteen next week.
8. We (move) ________________ to our new flat next Sunday.
9. He promises he (lend) ________________ me his laptop.
10. (you / open) _______________________ the window for me, please?